Where does “keveys” come from?

keveys (Finnish) comes from Finnish keveä, from Proto-Finnic kepedä, from Proto-Uralic kepä — light, of little weight.

keveys (Finnish): lightness, levity

Definitions

  1. lightness, levity

Ancestry of “keveys”, step by step

keveys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keveä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeveälightweight
2Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
3Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Uralic kepä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kepedä →Every word from Finnish keveä →